Currin v. State

Rodney Currin was convicted for the murder of John Byars and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. Two issues are raised on this appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant argues that the State's evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. This argument is based primarily on inconsistencies in the testimony of various State witnesses.

The prosecution connected the appellant to the murder through both direct and circumstantial evidence. In a confession, the appellant admitted that he and Robert Savage went to Byars' farm "to hit Mr. Byars in the head and take his money." At the farm,…